Lucian Mureșan

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His Eminent Beatitude
Lucian Mureșan
Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Făgăraș-Alba Iulia
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Church Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia (Romanian)
Appointed 16 December 2005
Installed 30 April 2006
Predecessor Alexandru Todea
Other posts Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Atanasio
Chairman of the Romanian Episcopal Conference
Orders
Ordination 19 December 1964
by Ioan Dragomir
Consecration 27 May 1990
by Alexandru Todea
Created Cardinal 18 February 2012
by Benedict XVI
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name Lucian Mureșan
Born (1930-05-23) 23 May 1930 (age 93)
Firiza, Romania
Nationality Romanian
Denomination Romanian Greek-Catholic
Previous post
  • Bishop of Maramureș (1990–1994)
  • Archbishop of Făgăraș și Alba Iulia (1994–2005)

Lucian Mureșan (born 23 May 1930) is the first and current Major Archbishop of the Greek Catholic Archdiocese of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. As Major Archbishop of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia (resident in Blaj), he is the head of the Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic.[1]

Styles of
Lucian Mureșan
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Reference style His Eminence
Spoken style Your Eminence
Informal style Cardinal

Lucian Mureșan was born in the village of Firiza (now the Ferneziu district of Baia Mare), Romania, the tenth of Peter and Maria Mureșan's twelve children. He attended primary school in Firiza and secondary school in Baia Mare. For a long time, he was forced to put on hold his call to becoming a Catholic priest, because the Romanian Church United with Rome had been outlawed in 1948.

Pope Benedict XVI created him a Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Atanasio in a consistory on 18 February 2012. As he was already older than 80 at the time of his creation, he has no right to vote in a papal conclave.

References

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Lucian Mureșan
as Ordinarius
Bishop of Maramureș
27 May 1990 - 4 July 1994
Succeeded by
Ioan Șișeștean
Preceded by Archbishop of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia
4 July 1994 - 16 December 2005
Major Archbishop of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia
New title Major Archbishop of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia
16 December 2005 - present
Incumbent


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